grunt-deploy-wpxap

Will deploy a Windows Phone XAP to the emulator or a device

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.4

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-deploy-wpxap --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-deploy-wpxap');

The "deploy_wpxap" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named deploy_wpxap to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig(). This works by creating a local deployXapCmd.cmd file local to your grunt file and executing this file. I am not too happy with this route but it was the only way I could get this to work.

For details on launching the xap and its options please see this MSDN article.

grunt.initConfig({
    deploy_wpxap: {
      emulator: {
        options: {
            xapFilePath: 'c:\\fullpath\\myxap.xap'
        }
      },
      device: {
        options: {
            xapFilePath: 'c:\\fullpath\\myxap.xap'
            targetDevice: 'de'
        }
      },
    },
});

Options

options.installCmd

Type: String Default value: 'intalllaunch'

A value to indicate what type of install you wish to execute. The valid options are 'installlaunch', 'update', 'launch', 'uninstall'

options.targetDevice

Type: String Default value: 'xd'

A value indicate what devide to target for the install. The valid options are 'xd' (emulator), 'de' (device).

options.xapFilePath

Type: String Default value: ''

The full path to the xap file which will be loaded onto the device or emulator. It is suggested you provide the full path to the xap. Also make sure you use "\" as your folder separator.

options.xapDeployCmdFilePath

Type: String Default value: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows Phone\\v8.0\\Tools\\XAP Deployment\\XapDeployCmd.exe'

The full path to the xap deploy utility which will load your xap onto the device. Also make sure you use "\" as your folder separator.

Usage Examples

Default Options

In this example, we will deploy a xap to the emulator

grunt.initConfig({
  deploy_wpxap: {
      emulator: {
        options: {
            xapFilePath: 'c:\\fullpath\\myxap.xap',            
        }
      },
  },
});

Custom Options

In this example, we will load the xap onto a real device (this load may take up to a minute)

grunt.initConfig({
  deploy_wpxap: {
      device: {
        options: {
            xapFilePath: 'c:\\fullpath\\myxap.xap', 
            targetDevice: 'de'
        }
      },
  },
});

Custom Options

In this example, we will load the xap onto a real device (this load may take up to a minute)

grunt.initConfig({
  deploy_wpxap: {
      device: {
        options: {
            xapFilePath: 'c:\\fullpath\\myxap.xap', 
            xapDeployCmdFilePath: 'c:\\someCustomPath\\XapDeployCmd.exe',
        }
      },
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

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